Blog: Power Tools - Powerful Results

The formal and informal mentoring relationships created within an organization or between professional colleagues are becoming more and more common as people look to develop talent and acquire knowledge. Being a Mentor can be very rewarding. Providing support, suggestions and… Read More

In case you have been cut off from the world for the last two weeks, you know that the Mid-Atlantic region has been doubly socked with snow storms. Everyone has been connecting more than usual via email in an effort to… Read More

In order to stay competitive, get the same (or more) done with the resources you have, retain clients and attract new ones, innovation is required. True innovation is finding a NEW way of doing something. You don’t have to be… Read More

This week I will have been out more trying to connect with people I don’t know (yet) than talking to people I know well (or live with!) Small talk, cocktail chatter, kibitzing – this is the communication staple of networking. Many people… Read More

Lots of folks have visions of how they’s like their organziation to be and they could be tremendously successful —- but they are unable to convey their visions to others successfully. Unless a vision can be accomplished single-handedly; the visionary needs to “export” the… Read More

I like to think that creativity is the ability to generate new and useful ideas and solutions to everyday problems and challenges. It’s the ability to take existing objects and combine them in different ways for new purposes. Traditional organizations often… Read More

In the workplace, creativity is the ability to generate novel and useful ideas and solutions to everyday problems and challenges. It’s the ability to take existing objects and combine them in new and different ways for new purposes. Traditional organizations… Read More

So it’s a new year and there seems to be plenty of agreement that the world of work has changed significantly. BUT – there are still some things that will never change. These sure things should be embraced, adopted and practiced… Read More

Do you ever find yourself wishing you could just destroy your existing department, eliminate the old organizational chart and start out with a fresh, clean piece of paper upon which you could simply start over from scratch? What is stopping… Read More

Everyone is trying to figure out how to thrive in these tough economic times. OK, maybe not thrive; maybe just tread water until better times arrive. Reacting to the pessimistic economic reports and the hand-wringing commentators might have you discounting… Read More